The cinematography of Roger Corman
Subtitle: exploitation filmaker or auteur?
By: by Pawel Aleksandrowicz
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781443899475
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Motion picture producers and directors; Biography
Notes: Includes filmography, bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter one. Auteur theory and exploitation films; title: Introduction; title: Auteur theory; title: Exploitation cinema; title: Exploitation filmmakers as auteurs?; title: Chapter two. Corman and his production processes; title: Introduction; title: Corman's filmmaking career; title: Corman's production process; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter three. Exploitation and its different faces; title: Fads as exploitable topics; title: Exploitation and genre; title: "Deep" exploitation; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter four. Recurring thematic motifs and artistic triumph; title: Introduction; title: Female empowerment; title: Outsider protagonist; title: Gothic horror; title: Conclusion; title: Chapter five. Style; title: Early films, 1955-1958; title: Mature style; title: Conclusion; title: Conclusion.